Let’s chat about that coworker who is the absolute worst. You have already thought about that person even before I finished the previous sentence. Yeah, I have a person in mind. No, we aren’t talking about someone who is some what annoying or gives a super long report reminding you that the patient has a peanut allergy so don’t give them: “peanut butter, peanut crackers, peanuts, really anything with peanuts.” Thanks…I got it. Those things are annoying but we can get over that. The hospital is made up of all different kinds of people and we just need to move on from that.

I’m talking about that nurse who does not give a crap about her patients. She cares about her love life and getting dumped by all the guys she keeps dating. Look, I don’t care what you have going on in your life as long as you do the job well but when your bad attitude/lack of interest in my patient..who is trying to die doesn’t seem to affect you…yeah bro we have a problem.

Nurses, can you relate to this? What is up with people like that? Aren’t we all here to get the job done and one person can’t do this job by themselves. If I am asking for help, the answer better be yes! Especially if I am asking the nurse who is our rapid response nurse and that is her job. Can we also change up our lingo to each other? Why when someone asks for help do people respond with “um, yeah I guess” or “did you even try to start that IV”…nope I didn’t and you want to know why? Because: she is actively hemorrhaging, I haven’t got report about my other 5 patients, I have two IUFDs and 2 PCU patients. You know how many patients you have? None.

The answer should just be “yes, how can I help?” Then move on. It seems that we have to prove why we need help rather than be quick to get a “yes of course!” I would love nothing more than to help you out because I know that when I am drowning, you will be the first to help me. I think we need to change the way we communicate to each other and have a little more compassion. Let’s be compassionate to our coworkers not just to our patients because we need to get a perfect patient safety score to be reimbursed.